New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-14
LIFE AT SARATOGA.
,rs,yyss MENTu Observation-Disclosures
xorrL AND COTTAGE FOLK DWELLING roGxInn !,
WAVE AND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF THE

,o-y1 AND COTTAGE FOLK DWELLING ToGEIhhh
,x1oyr AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE
WEEK.
s.y.roc, SPRINGS Aug. 10. -" What singular
thing this life at st-class watering place H. sao
eonfrmed cynic in my hearing few days since'
came here" said he, :" to obliee friend' no' o."
Meeting to obtain any enjoyment from seeing ~" way
some thousands of people more or ess "o"iu 'nP'Vy
.hsmseyes in killing time. some phrase IT, out
have been greatly disappointed ana inu ."'' 'en''
hr.;ness peorle can DO well ct times IN making
-. IS n,oosure IL il Just as much matter of
business for young man to MAKE study Tor snort
So, 81 how &c lead the german or evolve some
ohanos In an old time dance it Is to calculate the
chances on a short long crop OF corn or wheat or
th. pr,speets Tor a rushing business on some trunk
line Acting on this mint, have been LOOKING AT
matters from the standpoint suggested by my iriena,
and find that all the young men who are prominent
IN social movements here equally prominent III
business elsewhere. go .,
But lite at Saratoga is too last and exciting this
second week IN August to talk OF cynicsm OF specu
late on matters outside what one sees aad hears WIN
the races ana drives by day, aud one, two or three
hons in as many hotels OF night to say nothing OF
paror entertainments, museales Rotations, etc. In
an almost endless variety of hotels and boarding
houses person has little chance OF dying from ennu
One thing is especially prominent here and that is
the absence of snobbshuess OF which we nave 80
much elsewhere. Here there is the fullest hoerty
for O choice OF enioyments without any degeheracy
int, license. wealthy citizen who has earned suon
competency as permits him to move ABOUT al VIII
recently observed that. what with Saratoga IN sum
uer and Washington in the wini err family Oh ieiSue
might enjoy Themselves as pleasantly as IN any
country in the world.
1he system of cottage life which has grown up here
during the past teu.or fifteen years adds just the
tsature that was needed to complete and round out
lite at Saratoga. The cottagers here do not rs at
Newport attempt any airy or strive to overtop the
hotels but they content to allow the notes 10
proyide the music Tor dancing and concerts, when
they and their friends step in TO enjoy at their VIII
and If they choo-e nvit@ select circle OF friends
TO meet some celebrity in their parors for an alter
anon or evening entertainment they do II without
yeierepce 70 others any more than they would II IN
the CITY, and tue world moves on without jar.
Gayety ieigns IN the par!oro and balloons anu
m all sldes the merry laugh rings out The hotels
are filed with guests the cOttagerS have their own
number OF invited friends, and STROLL through the
streets ia the Nening is like going through bazaar
Almost every lac wears evening dIess and their gay
costumes and bare heads make pretty contrast TO
the sombe costumes careless business SUITS oil inc
men In the bathrooms however, this IL lWp proved,
for here the gentlemen generally appear IN the 1uH
dress suits which several OF the hotels declare lhdls
pensable TO attendants upon the hops
The past week has been one OF increasing gaSety.
The priucual OF course are the evening
concerts and hops and the races UtheT entertain
uents are BY means scarce aud the parors oil inc
smaller ho uses are frequently filed with fine audiences
talented elocutionists, fine musical programme
rendered by talented singers and players
one OF the finest of these entertainments was gwen
st the Remington Tuesday evening when Mrs Ahee
j. Shaw gave "a charming exhibition 81 powers as
Whistler The clear, Dir like notes OF her voice gave
pleasure TO a large audience which assembled III Tue
spscous parlors OF this hotel rs Jennie Campoell,
q foe soprano singer, assste IN rendering the pro-
gramme as did also Mr. Anterior Furlong nne
Tenor singer Mrs shaw is creating quite sensation
here by her novel accomplishments
The hops this week have been attended oy great
numbers ~of persons both cancers and lockers on
Wednesday light three hops were annonnced ana the
Grand Union, kcnsngton and Congress saw merry
parties gathered 10 enjoy the dancing. Al the hrn-
sington the broad piazzas. illuminated by electric
lehts and Japanese lanterns. formed very pleasant
ballroom that charmed by its novelty. The Grand
IIr on hops are very stately IN their character ~
BELTS the rle ballroom, AMI here have been seen
some OF the most costly aud elegant toette displayed
this season. States mad peasant carpert dance
In the grand parlor Tuesday night "hleh mas much
ENJOYED by the guests of the house. Tho cro~de;
eond ton of this immense hostery forbade general
attendance the parlors and pazza5 were not open
TO the general public.